Coincidence or Luck...

This week has been a doozy...but it has also been one of those times when things kinda fell into place for a reason...so, is it coincidence or luck?

• Last Sunday, we saw a rat leaving our basement...and realized that they had burrowed a hole into our foundation....

• Which meant that we went down into the basement and cleaned up the huge pile of laundry (sending some to wash/fold) putting the overflow into a couple of plastic storage tubs...
• Meanwhile, Willow was out sick most of the week, seeming to get better, then towards the end of the week she started having coughing spasms (sinus infection suspected)....
• Which meant that we were up at 2-3 a.m. trying to help her out and overall distracting her with television...
• Which meant that we heard some type of thump/bump/crash in the basement...
• (which we ignored for about half an hour...for me, because I thought I mis-heard where it came from...and if it was in the basement--rats??)....
• Which meant that we then discovered half an hour later that we had no hot water...
• Which that we went downstairs to the basement to find a burst pipe to the water heater, spraying water everywhere....

The conclusion of it all is:

Because we had moved the clothes into tubs, most of them did not get wet;

Because we were up early with a sick child, we stopped the water from flooding our basement and only ended up with about an inch or so of water.

A side benefit is that the basement has needed to be organized, and now the water restoration people have moved all our stuff into a nice pile (the downside is how much it will cost...but we won't focus on that right now, shall we??)

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Now that things are stable, Chewy and I are going to get away for a day to enjoy celebrating our 30th Wedding Anniversary...so, lets hope the kids can keep the house from falling apart for one day/night!!

Ending with a cute picture of Lucifer!